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1 78 FR 71732 (November 29, 2013). 

2 78 FR 49794, 49800 (August 15, 2013). 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for Part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Subpart F—California 

■ 2. Section 52.220 is amended by 

adding paragraph (c)(342)(i)(D)(2) to 

read as follows: 

§ 52.220 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(342) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(D) * * * 

(2) Rule 502, ‘‘Conservation 

Management Practices,’’ adopted on July 

7, 2005. 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 80 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0479; FRL–9912–00– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AS25 

Regulation of Fuels and Fuel 

Additives: Extension of Compliance 

and Attest Engagement Reporting 

Deadlines for 2013 Renewable Fuel 

Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action on 

two components of its annual 

rulemaking to establish the 2014 

renewable fuels standards under Clean 

Air Act 211(o). The two components are 

an extension of the compliance 

demonstration deadline for the 2013 

renewable fuel standards, and the 

associated deadline for submission of 

attest engagement reports for the 2013 

renewable fuel standards. The new 

deadlines are September 30, 2014 and 

January 30, 2015, respectively. This 

action ensures timely amendment of 

existing deadlines, before compliance 

obligations would otherwise go into 

effect. The EPA intends to finalize the 

remaining portion of its rulemaking to 

establish the 2014 renewable fuel 

standards shortly. 

DATES: This rule is effective June 16, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0479. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the www.regulations.gov index. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air and Radiation Docket and 

Information Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. The Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the Air Docket is (202) 566– 

1742. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

MacAllister, Office of Transportation 

and Air Quality, Assessment and 

Standards Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood 

Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; Telephone 

number: 734–214–4131; Fax number: 

734–214–4816; Email address: 

macallister.julia@epa.gov, or the public 

information line for the Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality; 

telephone number (734) 214–4333; 

Email address OTAQ@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Purpose 

The EPA is today taking action to 

amend existing regulatory deadlines for 

obligated parties under the Renewable 

Fuel Standards (RFS) program to submit 

reports demonstrating their compliance 

with the 2013 RFS percentage 

standards, and to submit corresponding 

attest engagement reports. 

We received comments on our 

November 29, 2013 proposed 

rulemaking to establish the 2014 RFS 

standards 1 reiterating the importance to 

obligated parties of knowing their RFS 

obligations for 2014 prior to the 

compliance demonstration deadline for 

the 2013 RFS standards. The EPA 

recognized the value of this timing to 

obligated parties in the 2013 standards 

final rule, and for that reason delayed 

the normally applicable February 28, 

2014 compliance demonstration 

deadline to June 30, 2014 for the 2013 

RFS standards.2 We reasoned at that 

time that an extension to June 30, 2014 

would be sufficient in light of the 

expected date of issuance of the 2014 

annual RFS rule. 

However, in light of the fact that the 

EPA has not yet issued the 2014 annual 

standards rule, we believe it is 

appropriate to provide a further 

extension of the 2013 compliance 

demonstration deadline. The new 

deadline is September 30, 2014. 

Additionally, we are extending the 

deadline for submitting the 

corresponding attest engagement reports 

to January 30, 2015. Although these 

regulatory changes were not specifically 

proposed in the 2014 annual standards 

rule, we believe that they are 

appropriate as a logical outgrowth of the 

proposed rule. The EPA received several 

comments on the proposed rule 

emphasizing the need for the EPA to 

promulgate the 2014 RFS standards 

quickly and the need for obligated 

parties to know their obligations for the 

following year when finalizing their 

2013 compliance demonstrations. As 

noted above, the EPA itself recognized 

the value to obligated parties of 

knowing their obligations for 2014 prior 

to having to demonstrate compliance 

with their 2013 RFS requirements. This 

is because, once the 2014 RFS standards 

are known, obligated parties may choose 

to consider the impact of the new 

standards on their 2013 RFS compliance 

approach, including how many 2013 

Renewable Identification Numbers 

(RINs) they can carry-forward (there is 

a 20% limit based on the 2014 standard) 

for purposes of complying with the 2014 

RFS standards. 

The 2014 RFS rulemaking has been 

more time consuming than originally 

anticipated, involving receipt of over 

300,000 comments, concerning 

numerous specific issues related to the 

2014 standards which the EPA needs, 

and wishes, to thoroughly consider and 

respond to. Given the need for the EPA 

to weigh these issues carefully, prior to 

taking final action on the 2014 RFS 

standards, the EPA believes it best to 

further extend the existing June 30, 2014 

compliance demonstration deadline and 

associated attest engagement report 

deadline for the 2013 RFS standards. 

While we do not believe that the EPA 

is constrained legally to extend the 

deadline, we do believe it is appropriate 

to do so in this instance. It will allow 

the EPA time to complete its work on 

the 2014 renewable fuel standards rule 

in a thorough manner, while also 

providing time between the expected 

date of finalizing that rule and the new 

2013 compliance deadline which will 

be helpful to obligated parties. While 

this final rule is a logical outgrowth of 

the 2014 RFS proposed rule, and the 


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circumstances of completing that rule, 

the EPA needs to take final action on 

this rule separately from the other 

aspects of the 2014 rule, in order that 

the actions taken in this rule are 

effective prior to the existing 2013 RFS 

standards compliance deadline of June 

30, 2014. 

We are setting the effective date for 

this rule as the date that it is published 

in the Federal Register. Section 553(d) 

of the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA), generally provides that rules 

may not take effect earlier than 30 days 

after they are published in the Federal 

Register. However, the EPA is issuing 

this final rule under CAA section 

307(d), and that provision specifies that 

the APA does not apply, with only 

limited exceptions that do not include 

Section 553(d). The EPA is nevertheless 

acting consistently with the policies 

underlying APA section 553(d) in 

making this rule effective on the date of 

publication in the Federal Register. The 

APA provides that the requirements of 

section 553(d) do not apply where the 

rule in question ‘‘relieves a restriction’’ 

or where the EPA finds and publishes 

with the rule a determination that ‘‘good 

cause’’ exists that warrants an 

exception. We believe that the deadline 

extensions finalized today will operate 

to relieve restrictions, and that good 

cause exists for making this rule 

effective prior to the deadlines currently 

in effect for submission of the 2013 

renewable fuel standards’ compliance 

demonstration report and the associated 

attest engagement reports, for the 

reasons described above. 

II. Affected Entities 

Entities potentially affected by this 

direct final rule are those involved with 

the production, distribution, and sale of 

transportation fuels, including gasoline 

and diesel fuel or renewable fuels such 

as ethanol and biodiesel. Potentially 

regulated categories include: 

Category NAICS1

Codes SIC 2 Codes Examples of potentially regulated entities 

Industry ......................................................................... 324110 2911 Petroleum Refineries. 

Industry ......................................................................... 325193 2869 Ethyl alcohol manufacturing. 

Industry ......................................................................... 325199 2869 Other basic organic chemical manufacturing. 

Industry ......................................................................... 424690 5169 Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers. 

Industry ......................................................................... 424710 5171 Petroleum bulk stations and terminals. 

Industry ......................................................................... 424720 5172 Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers. 

Industry ......................................................................... 454319 5989 Other fuel dealers. 

1 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

2Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system code. 

This table is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

regulated by this action. This table lists 

the types of entities that the EPA is now 

aware could be potentially regulated by 

this action. Other types of entities not 

listed in the table could also be 

regulated. To determine whether your 

activities would be regulated by this 

action, you should carefully examine 

the applicability criteria in 40 CFR part 

80. If you have any questions regarding 

the applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the person 

listed in the preceding section. 

III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

This action is not a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ under the terms of 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and is therefore not 

subject to review under Executive 

Orders 12866 and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011). 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act 

There are no new information 

collection requirements associated with 

this rulemaking. The extension of the 

existing regulatory deadlines for 

obligated parties under the Renewable 

Fuel Standards (RFS) program impose 

no new or different reporting 

requirements on regulated parties. The 

existing information collection requests 

(ICR) that apply to the RFS program are 

sufficient to address the reporting 

requirements in the regulations. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for the EPA’s regulations in 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9. 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

generally requires an agency to prepare 

a regulatory flexibility analysis of any 

rule subject to notice and comment 

rulemaking requirements under the 

Administrative Procedures Act or any 

other statute unless the agency certifies 

that the rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. Small entities 

include small businesses, small 

organizations, and small governmental 

jurisdictions. 

For purposes of assessing the impacts 

of this rule on small entities, small 

entity is defined as: (1) A small business 

as defined by the Small Business 

Administration’s (SBA) regulations at 13 

CFR 121.201; (2) a small governmental 

jurisdiction that is a government of a 

city, county, town, school district or 

special district with a population of less 

than 50,000; and (3) a small 

organization that is any not-for-profit 

enterprise which is independently 

owned and operated and is not 

dominant in its field. 

After considering the economic 

impacts of today’s rule on small entities, 

I certify that this rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

This rule amends the existing regulatory 

deadlines for obligated parties under the 

Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) 

program to submit reports 

demonstrating their compliance with 

the 2013 RFS percentage standards, and 

to submit corresponding attest 

engagement reports. This action ensures 

timely amendment of existing 

deadlines, before compliance 

obligations would otherwise go into 

effect. The impacts of the RFS2 program 

on small entities were already addressed 

in the RFS2 final rule promulgated on 

March 26, 2010 (75 FR 14670), and this 

rule will not impose any additional 

requirements on small entities beyond 

those already analyzed. 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

This action contains no Federal 

mandates under the provisions of Title 

II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform 

Act of 1995 (UMRA), 2 U.S.C. 1531– 

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governments or the private sector. 

Therefore, this action is not subject to 

the requirements of sections 202 or 205 

of the UMRA. 

This action is also not subject to the 

requirements of section 203 of UMRA 

because it contains no regulatory 

requirements that might significantly or 

uniquely affect small governments. This 

rule only applies to gasoline, diesel, and 

renewable fuel producers, importers, 

distributors and marketers and merely 

extends the otherwise applicable 

reporting deadlines. 

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

This action does not have federalism 

implications. It will not have substantial 

direct effects on the States, on the 

relationship between the national 

government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government, as specified in 

Executive Order 13132. This action 

amends the existing regulatory 

deadlines for obligated parties under the 

Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) 

program to submit reports 

demonstrating their compliance with 

the 2013 RFS percentage standards, and 

to submit corresponding attest 

engagement reports. The new deadlines 

only apply to gasoline, diesel, and 

renewable fuel producers, importers, 

distributors and marketers. Thus, 

Executive Order 13132 does not apply 

to this rule. 

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

This action does not have tribal 

implications, as specified in Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000). This rule will be implemented at 

the Federal level and affects 

transportation fuel refiners, blenders, 

marketers, distributors, importers, 

exporters, and renewable fuel producers 

and importers. Tribal governments 

would be affected only to the extent 

they purchase and use regulated fuels. 

Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not 

apply to this action. 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

The EPA interprets EO 13045 (62 FR 

19885, April 23, 1997) as applying only 

to those regulatory actions that concern 

health or safety risks, such that the 

analysis required under section 5–501 of 

the EO has the potential to influence the 

regulation. This action is not subject to 

EO 13045 because it does not establish 

an environmental standard intended to 

mitigate health or safety risks and 

because it implements specific 

standards established by Congress in 

statutes (section 211(o) of the Clean Air 

Act). 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This action is not subject to Executive 

Order 13211 (66 FR 28355 (May 22, 

2001)), because it is not a significant 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

12866. 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (‘‘NTTAA’’), Public Law 

104–113, 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note) 

directs the EPA to use voluntary 

consensus standards in its regulatory 

activities unless to do so would be 

inconsistent with applicable law or 

otherwise impractical. Voluntary 

consensus standards are technical 

standards (e.g., materials specifications, 

test methods, sampling procedures, and 

business practices) that are developed or 

adopted by voluntary consensus 

standards bodies. NTTAA directs the 

EPA to provide Congress, through OMB, 

explanations when the Agency decides 

not to use available and applicable 

voluntary consensus standards. 

This rulemaking does not involve 

technical standards. Therefore, the EPA 

is not considering the use of any 

voluntary consensus standards. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations 

Executive Order (EO) 12898 (59 FR 

7629 (Feb. 16, 1994)) establishes federal 

executive policy on environmental 

justice. Its main provision directs 

federal agencies, to the greatest extent 

practicable and permitted by law, to 

make environmental justice part of their 

mission by identifying and addressing, 

as appropriate, disproportionately high 

and adverse human health or 

environmental effects of their programs, 

policies, and activities on minority 

populations and low-income 

populations in the United States. 

The EPA has determined that this rule 

will not have disproportionately high 

and adverse human health or 

environmental effects on minority or 

low-income populations because it does 

not affect the level of protection 

provided to human health or the 

environment. This action does not relax 

the control measures on sources 

regulated by the RFS regulations and 

therefore will not cause emissions 

increases from these sources. 

K. Congressional Review Act 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. The EPA will 

submit a report containing this rule and 

other required information to the U.S. 

Senate, the U.S. House of 

Representatives, and the Comptroller 

General of the United States prior to 

publication of the rule in the Federal 

Register. A major rule cannot take effect 

until 60 days after it is published in the 

Federal Register. This action is not a 

‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 

804(2). 

IV. Statutory Authority 

Statutory authority for this action 

comes from sections 211 and 301(a) of 

the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C 7545 and 

7601(a). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 80 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Air pollution control, Diesel fuel, Fuel 

additives, Gasoline, Imports, Oil 

imports, Petroleum. 

Dated: June 6, 2014. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Administrator. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 40 CFR part 80 is amended as 

follows: 

PART 80—REGULATION OF FUELS 

AND FUEL ADDITIVES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 80 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7414, 7521, 7542, 

7545, and 7601(a). 

■ 2. Section 80.1451 is amended by 

revising paragraph (a)(1)(xiv) to read as 

follows: 

§ 80.1451 What are the reporting 

requirements under the RFS program? 

(a) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(xiv) For the 2013 compliance year, 

annual compliance reports shall be 

submitted by September 30, 2014. 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Section 80.1464 is amended by 

revising paragraph (g) to read as follows: 


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§ 80.1464 What are the attest engagement 

requirements under the RFS program? 

* * * * * 

(g) For the 2013 compliance year, 

reports required under this section shall 

be submitted to EPA by January 30, 

2015. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 224 

[Docket No. 110819518–4477–03] 

RIN 0648–BB20 

Correction; Restatement of Final Rule 

To Remove the Sunset Provision of the 

Final Rule Implementing Vessel Speed 

Restrictions To Reduce the Threat of 

Ship Collisions With North Atlantic 

Right Whales 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Correcting amendment. 

SUMMARY: NMFS published a document 

eliminating the expiration date (or 

‘‘sunset clause’’) in regulations requiring 

vessel speed restrictions to reduce the 

likelihood of lethal vessel collisions 

with North Atlantic right whales. The 

DATES section in the preamble of that 

document did not specify that the 

expiration date of the original rule was 

being removed. This document corrects 

the DATES section to remove the 

expiration date and republishes 

§ 224.105 for the convenience of the 

reader. 

DATES: The expiration of 50 CFR 

224.105, as published at 73 FR 60173 

(October 10, 2008), is removed effective 

December 6, 2013. The effective date of 

this rule is December 6, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Silber, Ph.D., Fishery Biologist, 

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, at 

(301) 427–8402. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

published a document eliminating the 

expiration date (or ‘‘sunset clause’’) in 

regulations requiring vessel speed 

restrictions to reduce the likelihood of 

lethal vessel collisions with North 

Atlantic right whales. The DATES section 

in the preamble of that document did 

not specify that the expiration date of 

the original rule was being removed. 

This document corrects the DATES

section to remove the expiration date 

and republishes § 224.105 for the 

convenience of the reader. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 224 

Endangered marine and anadromous 

species. 

Dated: June 10, 2014. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, 50 CFR part 224 is corrected 

as follows: 

PART 224—ENDANGERED MARINE 

AND ANADROMOUS SPECIES 

■ 1. The authority citation for 50 CFR 

part 224 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531–1543 and 16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq. 

■ 2. In part 224, republish section 

224.105 to read as follows: 

§ 224.105 Speed restrictions to protect 

North Atlantic Right Whales. 

(a) The following restrictions apply to: 

All vessels greater than or equal to 65 

ft (19.8 m) in overall length and subject 

to the jurisdiction of the United States, 

and all other vessels greater than or 

equal to 65 ft (19.8 m) in overall length 

entering or departing a port or place 

subject to the jurisdiction of the United 

States. These restrictions shall not apply 

to U.S. vessels owned or operated by, or 

under contract to, the Federal 

Government. This exemption extends to 

foreign sovereign vessels when they are 

engaging in joint exercises with the U.S. 

Department of the Navy. In addition, 

these restrictions do not apply to law 

enforcement vessels of a State, or 

political subdivision thereof, when 

engaged in law enforcement or search 

and rescue duties. 

(1) Southeast U.S. (south of St. 

Augustine, FL to north of Brunswick, 

GA): Vessels shall travel at a speed of 10 

knots or less over ground during the 

period of November 15 to April 15 each 

year in the area bounded by the 

following: Beginning at 31°27′00.0′′ N– 

080°51′36.0′′ W; thence west to charted 

mean high water line then south along 

charted mean high water line and 

inshore limits of COLREGS limit to a 

latitude of 29°45′00.0′′ N thence east to 

29°45′00.0′′ N–080°51′36.0′′ W; thence 

back to starting point. (Fig. 1). 

(2) Mid-Atlantic U.S. (from north of 

Brunswick, Georgia to Rhode Island): 

Vessels shall travel 10 knots or less over 

ground in the period November 1 to 

April 30 each year: 

(i) In the area bounded by the 

following: 33°56′42.0′′ N–077°31′30.0′′ 

W; thence along a NW bearing of 

313.26° True to charted mean high 

water line then south along mean high 

water line and inshore limits of 

COLREGS limit to a latitude of 

31°27′00.0′′ N; thence east to 31°27′00.0′′ 

N–080°51′36.0′′ W; thence to 31°50′00.0′′ 

N–080°33′12.0′′ W; thence to 32°59′06.0′′ 

N–078°50′18.0′′ W; thence to 33°28′24.0′′ 

N–078°32′30.0′′ W; thence to 33°36′30.0′′ 

N–077°47′06.0′′ W; thence back to 

starting point.; 

(ii) Within a 20-nm (37 km) radius (as 

measured seaward from COLREGS 

delineated coast lines and the center 

point of the port entrance) (Fig. 2) at the 

(A) Ports of New York/New Jersey: 

40°29′42.2′′ N–073°55′57.6′′ W; 

(B) Delaware Bay (Ports of 

Philadelphia and Wilmington): 

38°52′27.4′′ N–075°01′32.1′′ W; 

(C) Entrance to the Chesapeake Bay 

(Ports of Hampton Roads and 

Baltimore): 37°00′36.9′′ N–075°57′50.5′′ 

W; and 

(D) Ports of Morehead City and 

Beaufort, NC: 34°41′32.0′′ N– 

076°40′08.3′′ W; and 

(iii) In Block Island Sound, in the area 

bounded by the following coordinates: 

Beginning at 40°51′53.7′′ N–70°36′44.9′′ 

W; thence to 41°20′14.1′′ N–70°49′44.1′′ 

W; thence to 41°04′16.7′′ N–71°51′21.0′′ 

W; thence to 40°35′56.5′′ N–71°38′25.1′′ 

W; thence back to starting point. (Fig. 2). 

(3) Northeast U.S. (north of Rhode 

Island): 

(i) In Cape Cod Bay, MA: Vessels shall 

travel at a speed of 10 knots or less over 

ground during the period of January 1 

to May 15 in Cape Cod Bay, in an area 

beginning at 42°04′56.5′′ N–070°12′00.0′′ 

W; thence north to 42°12′00.0′′ N– 

070°12′00.0′′ W; thence due west to 

charted mean high water line; thence 

along charted mean high water within 

Cape Cod Bay back to beginning point. 

(Fig. 3). 

(ii) Off Race Point: Vessels shall travel 

at a speed of 10 knots or less over 

ground during the period of March 1 to 

April 30 each year in waters bounded by 

straight lines connecting the following 

points in the order stated (Fig. 3): 

42°30′00.0′′ N–069°45′00.0′′ W; thence to 

42°30′00.0′′ N–070°30′00.0′′ W; thence to 

42°12′00.0′′ N–070°30′00.0′′ W; thence to 

42°12′00.0′′ N–070°12′00.0′′ W; thence to 

42°04′56.5′′ N–070°12′00.0′′ W; thence 

along charted mean high water line and 

inshore limits of COLREGS limit to a 

latitude of 41°40′00.0′′ N; thence due 

east to 41°41′00.0′′ N–069°45′00.0′′ W; 

thence back to starting point. 

(iii) Great South Channel: Vessels 

shall travel at a speed of 10 knots or less 

over ground during the period of April 


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